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Session 7 - Track 2: IBM Pathways Program - Empowering technical talent to grow and succeed

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2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

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Callistus Ndemo, IBM; Laura Casale, IBM

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twoother distinction programs, 1) Distinguished Engineer and 2) Distinguished Designer, which areappointments that lead to being a Fellow. All 3 positions are at the executive level and areoften referred to as IBM’s technical executives and thought leaders. They are the company’s“most exceptional” technical professionals and visionaries who are recognized inside andoutside IBM as experts in their field. They have won five Nobel Prizes, five Turing Awards, andbeen responsible for nearly 10,000 U.S. patents. This pre-eminent community of technicalprofessionals has since been emulated by other organizations as well.Today, this community acts as the “technical conscience” of the company, responsible formaintaining IBM’s technical edge. They also

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Session 11 - Track 1: "Emotions can hinder Professional Experiences:" Emotional states of first-generation engineering students when introduced to hidden curriculum

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2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

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R. Jamaal Downey, University of Florida; Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, University of Florida; Victoria Beth Sellers

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., assumptions, lessons, values, beliefs, attitudes, and perspectives) thatare not openly acknowledged in a given environment [1]. HC often consists of positive(inclusive) or negative (exclusionary) systemic messages that are structurally supported andsustained [2]. HC affects everyone but people with limited access to social and institutionalcapital are the most prone to be affected negatively by HC (e.g., first-generation) [1],[2]. The U.S. Department of Education classifies first-generation (FG) college students asthose who came from families where neither parent obtained a four-year college degree [3]. FGstudents are disproportionally people of color (POC) [4], therefore their disenfranchised andmarginal identities are intersectional [5]. The

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Session 3 - Track 1: Advocates and Allies Across Multiple Institutions: A Discussion of Best-Practices to Support Gender Equity

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2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

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Cristinel Ababei, Marquette University; John Borg P.E., Marquette University; Lisa Borello, University of Dayton; Dennis Brylow, Marquette University; David Daleke; Alan Richard Denton, North Dakota State University; Nathan Ensmenger, Indiana University; H. Richard Friman, Marquette University; Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University; John Grych, Marquette University; Thomas W James, James; Donald F. Johnson; Gary Krenz, Marquette University; Jonathan T Macy, Indiana University Bloomington; Robert W Peoples, Dept of Biomedical Sciences, Marquette University; Joshua E. Perry, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business Bloomington; Chris M Ray; Martin R St. Maurice, Marquette University; Patrick W Thomas; Matthew D Zink

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faculty, in consultation with women faculty, in gender equity efforts. It includes twoessential components [6]: (1) recognizing the implicit and explicit intersectional manifestationsof gendered discrimination and (2) effectively and systematically generating individualbehaviors and institutional policies that interrupt inequities and foster gender justice.While women will benefit from allyship from both other women and men, it is allyship frommen that is the emphasis of this paper because there are no solutions of which we are aware thatwould suggest that women should fix themselves because “Women aren’t the problem.Organizational practices are” [7]. Therefore, the approach that we advocate is what recentliterature suggests as well: women and

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Session 1 - Track 2: Exploration of Servingness across Virginia's Top Ranking HSI, HBCU, and PWI

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2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

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Simone Nicholson, Florida International University; Morgan Haley McKie, Florida International University; Stephanie A Damas, Clemson University

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community? Figure 1: Table of the levels of analysis in the studies of race and ethnicityPositionality StatementsSimone Nicholson I, Simone Nicholson, am a Black American third generation HBCU graduate. In myfamily and community (Baltimore, Maryland), Black students pursuing a HBCU for highereducation is a tradition. We value HBCUs to be the best higher learning institution environmentwhere Black students have a personal evolution with their Black identity, passion developments,and connectedness with the Black community-- as this environment is one where one would havethe most proximity to being in an all-Black environment within a country where Black peoplestill have not reached racial parity. These Black institutions are

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Session 10 - Track 1: Walking Between Two Worlds: Creating a Framework for Conducting Culturally-Responsive Research with University Indigenous Communities

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2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

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Qualla Jo Ketchum, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jennifer Lyn Benning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Donna Westfall-Rudd

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Paper ID #36474Walking Between Two Worlds: Creating a Framework for ConductingCulturally-Responsive Research with University Indigenous CommunitiesQualla Jo Ketchum, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Qualla Jo Ketchum (she/her/they) is a PhD Candidate in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. She received her Bachelors of Science and Masters of Science in Biosystems En- gineering at Oklahoma State University. She is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and her Indigeneity impacts all she does from her technical research in water resources to her pedagogical practices and edu

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Session 8 - Track 2: Resistance to advocacy around hidden curriculum in engineering

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2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

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Victoria Beth Sellers, University of Florida; R. Jamaal Downey; Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, University of Florida

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Civil 18-29 Male No Yes White student- 3rd in Engineering years year or greater Southwest of agePositionality Authors 1, 2, and 3 are all first-generation college graduates. The lead author is a White,cisgender woman, who brings geoscience, as well as geoscience and engineering education,experience. She focuses on identifying how structural issues manifest interpersonally formarginalized individuals in engineering. The second author is a biracial cisgender man who has adoctoral degree in Language, Literacy, and Culture in education, and focuses on criticalqualitative inquiry with a discerning eye towards humanizing and culturally sustainingpedagogies. The

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Session 5 - Track 2: Community College Computing Programs' Unique Contexts for Promoting Gender Equity

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2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

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Erin Carll, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Gretchen Achenbach, University of Virginia; Nancy Binowski, County College of Morris; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Jamie Lee Huber Ward, WEPAN, Inc.; Sherri L Sanders; Melissa C Stange, Laurel Ridge Community College; Zhen Wu

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to learn directly from their peers.IntroductionSince 2014, women have comprised just one-fifth of those graduating with associate degrees incomputing and information systems (CIS) [1]. Due to the growth in the number of CIS associatedegrees conferred to men, the proportion earned by women has diminished by more than halffrom 1999 levels [1]. The CIS gender gap in community colleges 1 (CCs) is particularlyconcerning from an equity perspective, since these institutions provide crucial access to post-secondary education, including for the socioeconomically disadvantaged, first-generation, older,and Hispanic college students they disproportionately serve [2]. However, relatively littleresearch and programming focuses on supporting gender equity

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Session 6 - Track 3: The only difference is now it counts: Exploring the Role of a Summer Bridge Program in Shaping Student Expectations of Engineering

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2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

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Taylor Y. Johnson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Malini Josiam, Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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challenging situations, students relied on what they learned about during the SBP.Finally, we conclude with questions based on a transition theory in student development forpractitioners to consider when developing or implementing a SBP.Keywords: undergraduate, engineering, transition theory, first-year engineering 1. Introduction The transition from high school to college is a notoriously difficult time for first-yearstudents. Adjusting to a new environment, coursework, and/or university demands can presentchallenges for students in their first year of college [1], [2]. For engineering students, thistransition can be particularly challenging due to the rigor of engineering coursework and theneed to navigate social integration into the

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Session 9 - Track 2: The Unheard Voices of Administrators who are Non-traditional Graduate Students in Engineering and Computing Education

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2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

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Morgan Haley McKie, Florida International University; Mais Kayyali, Florida International University; Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University

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(Schilling, 2008). The above-mentioned indicates that there are quite a lot of difficulties part-time students may face during their graduate journey that may not be visible but can have effectson their graduate experience. There is a growing need for individuals with analytical and applied research skills in theknowledge-based economy. This knowledge-based economy is characterized as having areliance on knowledge, information and high analytical or technical skills (OECD, 2005). Theseattributes are typically associated with experienced individuals with Ph.D. educational levels(Cross, 2014). Thus, as a result, professional or non-traditional doctorate programs that supportnon-traditional students have arisen as one option for providing these

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Session 2 - Track 3: From website to work environment: Exploring minority undergraduate engineering students conceptualizations of engineering careers

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2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

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Acaydia Campbell; Venicia Castro Villatoro; Angel Alexis Lopez, Florida International University; Janice L. Hall, Florida International University; Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University

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assignprimary and secondary codes to each of our perceptions. The results illustrated how we viewedboth labs as committed to providing employees with a good work-life balance, as well asopportunities for both personal and professional growth. The insights from our study can provide organizations and higher education institutionswith a deeper understanding of how this generation of engineering graduates makes sense ofengineering career pathways. These results can also aid engineering programs in helping studentsnavigate post-graduation planning. Future work on students’ perception of engineering careers isnecessary for furthering potential employers and institutions understanding of their workforce.Motivation Over the past thirty years